flower with a button threaded to the centre. It's not exactly postage-friendly hence

the circular aperture and mounting on funky foam to allow the flower to be stitched

to the card base. The striped design paper matches pretty well and adds a little

more interest to the card. To finish a birthday sentiment from Happy Little Stampers

AnitaI stamped four different stitch designs from the Stamped Stitches set by Hot Off The Press on a cardstock panel and topped with a faux stitched heart by Clearly Besotted, stamped and die cut from some patterned paper. I tied some Hemptique twine in a bow to the back of a button by Stampin' Up, adhered this with a glue dot and stamped the sentiment from Paper Smooches' Chit Chat set in Celadon ink by Versa Color, to co-ordinate with the button.

glossy accents and left to dry overnight before inking with distress ink

in Blueprint Sketch. The curve detail is created using the MFT Die-namics stitched

border dies to emboss the card base. The sentiment is from CAS-ual Fridays

AnitaI stamped this gorgeous image, 'Hanging the Stockings' by Lili of the Valley, and sketchily coloured it in with my Derwent Coloursoft pencils, I think pencils were a good choice for this style of image. The sentiment is from Happy Little Stampers 'Mixed Christmas Sentiments'. Oh to be a child again with the excitement of hanging up our stockings waiting for Santa. I couldn't share what's likely to be in my stocking as I don't get one anymore! (can you hear those violins?!) haha

We hope you enjoy the challenge and that you are feeling super festive!

I started by making a stencil using a die from Clearly Besotted's Leafy Accents and sponged Mowed Lawn Distress Ink onto a cardstock panel. I then stamped the butterfly from Clearly Besotted's Elegant Butterflies set using Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink, drawing in some of the ink with water, and die cut using the co-ordinating die. I stamped the sentiment, from Pure Florals Cosmos by Uniko and then created some ink splatters with a mix of Peacock Feathers Distress Ink and water. The butterfly was adhered on 3D foam and some clear Wink of Stella added to it for some shimmer.

Here is a sweet little stamp from Hobby Art coloured with alcohol pens and with the bear gently twinkled with Glamour dust! After cutting out, it was mounted on a stitched square die-cut, popped onto dimensional pads and accompanied by a sentiment from Happy Little Stampers.

I printed a digi image from a Pink Petticoat set called Partridge in a Pear Tree, coloured with my ProMarkers and then die cut with an MFT fishtail flag die. The musical notes were stamped from the Rockin' Robin set by Clearly Besotted. I used two more of the fishtail flag dies to cut two pieces of co-ordinating patterned paper, the polka dot from MFT Dots & Stripes Neutral and the green from Santa Express by Doodbug. I adhered some kraft cardstock to my card base, layered the papers and finally popped the image panel up on 3D foam strips.

Stamp and sentiment are both from Heartfelt Creations. Sentiment is gold embossed, cherries are coloured with Copics and Glossy Accents added. The frame was cut with Simon Says Stamp stitched squares and rectangles.

Here I used a a collage of numbers background stamp from Kaisercraft, stamped and clear embossed then inked with a variety of Distress Inks. The sentiment from Winnie and Walter was triple layered and mounted over the stitched tag die!

This one's for my daughter's friend so she quickly sifted through my sets looking for words and phrases to describe her friend! I love the 'You're a Good Egg' and 'You Crack me Up' from Mama Elephant: Just Hatched. The others are taken from various Uniko Studio and Clearly Besotted sets.

The words are stamped using a sticky pigment ink then heat embossed in clear EP to add some shine! The sparkly '18' die-cut is from Avery Elle then inlaid into a stitched circle from Simon Says Stamp. To finish I've scored a few lines above and below the panel then added some sparkly gems from my stash.

I stamped five balloons in blue shades and die cut with their co-ordinating dies, these from Clearly Besotted's Make a Wish set. I then positioned them roughly where I wanted them and marked under each one with a pencil. Further down the card I marked a central point then drew in the 'strings' with a fineliner pen. The balloons where then adhered in place and the sentiment from Paper Smooches' Birthday Sampler set was stamped onto a panel, die cut using a stitched rectangle die by MFT.

My numbers card was a bit of an ageist dig for a good friend. The Crazy Bird was coloured with Copics and given bulgy Glossy Accents eyes. The splats are MFT stamps and the text computer generated.

We hope you enjoy this one and look forward to seeing what youcome up with! Don't forget to visit some of your fellow LIMettes toowith some encouraging feedback - we all love those comments eh!

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I bought this fun stamp from Little Claire, at Sincerely Yours show when I was out and about with Chrissie. I've coloured him with Koh-i-Noor pencils on kraft card and added a sentiment from Dylusions.

I love Penny Blacks ducks and this one is a real cutie. It was coloured with Distress Inks and a water brush and accompanied by a computer generated sentiment, which reads... What do you get if you cross Santa with a duck? ... a Christmas Quacker!

This card took a bit of planning but was pretty simple to create. I sketched a Santa hat onto a post-it note and cut it out from the inside to create a mask, firstly minus the white parts. I used a grey card base as I wanted the white to eventually show up. I blended Barn Door Distress Ink through the mask to add some light and shade. I then cut two more masks for the fluffy parts of the hat and swiped a VersaMark ink pad over the negative space onto my card base. I then heat embossed these areas with white powder by Wow! I finished with a sentiment from MFT Christmas Cuteness.

We are really looking forward to seeing what you all come up with and just think, it will be one less card for you to make when the time comes for you to send out your own Christmas cards!

I squished a small amount of Distress Inks in Barn Door, Spiced Marmalade and Mustard Seed onto my craft mat and spritzed with water. I then smooshed the ink onto a cardstock panel bringing the colours up from the bottom corner. Once dry I then repeated the process to intensify the colours. I adhered the panel to my card base on 3D foam and added a vellum die cut, Leaf-Filled Flourish by MFT, and adhered the black sentiment strip, which was heat embossed in white using a sentiment from Clearly Besotted's Many Mini Messages set.

AnneI masked off a margin around the bottom left corner of my card and then sprinkled Brushos onto it in an assortment of fiery shades. A light spritz of water gave a fab fiery corner and I added a Poppy die of roses over it and a Mama Elephant die and stamp sentiment.

This card utilised a couple of my new acquisitions... the base die for the butterfly from All Occasion Dies and the 'hugs' word from Winnie and Walter! The embossing folder is from Cuttlebug and the base layer from Simon Says Stamp. I've nearly worn this one out, it's doing trojan service!

The colour was achieved with Inka Gold pastes and distress inks which were mixed, smooched and daubed.